Curtain-bracket



(No Model.)

R. E.HOUSE. GURTAIN BRACKET.

$44M (5. INVENTOR WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS YO-UTNO.. WASNINGTON c c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN E HOUSE, OF AUSTIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

cu RTAIN BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,665, dated August 19, 1890.

Application filed April 21; 1890.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN E. HOUSE, of Austin, in the county of Potter, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain Brackets, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to the construction of brackets for supporting curtain-fixtures.

My object is to produce a bracket for supporting curtain-fixtures mounted upon poles by which the curtain can be readily secured at any distance from the casing, easily and quickly put up, cheap in construction, and of great utility.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction herein after described, and specifically set forth in the claim annexed. It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a window-casingv with my brackets attached thereto. Figs. 2 and 3 are side views of the same, showing the eye and hook, respectively. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the bracket shown in Fig. 2 detached. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the bracket shown in Fig. 3.

As these brackets are substantially similar in construction, except that one is bent to form a closed eye in its outer end, while the other is bent to form an open eye, I will describe but one.

A are the window-casings, and l and 2 are the brackets, constructed from a continuous piece of wire, which may be bronzed, nickeL plated, or otherwise ornamented, as desired. One end of the wire is first bent to substantially a right angle, forming an arm 3, and may be sharpened or pointed,andthen at any desired length, and at the middle of thewire fiifirial N01 348,816. (No model.)

it is again bent twice, forming an eye 4, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4; orit may be bent back upon itself and a socket a formed, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. The wire is then bentback upon itself till it reaches the arm 3, where it is bent around the arm and formsa shoulder 5.

6 is a clasp loosely secured upon the bracket and provided with a screw-hole 7. This clasp serves to give strength to the bracket and at the same time forms the additional means for securing the bracket to the casing.

It will be observed that the bracket shown in Fig. 2 is for the reception of the fixture at one end of the pole, and the bracket shown in Fig. 3 shows the socket for receiving the fixture at the other end of the pole, and the curtain-pole is put in in the ordinary way.

It will be observed that I can extend the curtain out into the room any desired distance.

To put the bracket up, I first drive the arm 3 into the casing where desired and then secure the bracket through the clasp 6.

What I claim is-= In a curtain-bracket, a piece of wire bent first to form an arm 3 on one end, then bent centrally upon itself to form an eye, then bent back upon itself and around the arm 3, forming a shoulder 5, all constructed from a continuous piece of wire, and the clasp loosely secured to said bracket and adapted to slide thereon, and provided with an opening adapted to receive a screw to secure the bracket in place, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of April, 1890.

REUBEN E. HOUSE.

In presence of- WM. E. BRADY, RUFUS HENDERSON. 

